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No great ring great should ever be forgotten, not least one who is currently fighting one of the most cruel foes imaginable. Mexican warrior Israel Vazquez, AKA “Magnifico” is right now fighting cancer. The sad news was broken by a news article from the WBC,…

Commentator Tim Bradley says Gustavo Lemos missing weight by 6.4 lbs will enable him to “punch harder” and will give him an “unfair” advantage over lightweight Keyshawn Davis in their main event fight tonight at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Bradley states that if…

Heavyweight powerhouse Zhilei Zhang, who is still waiting for his next fight to get done after his most recent showing saw him take out a faded Deontay Wilder, has some pretty damning words for former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua. “Big Bang,” who, of course,…

Although heavyweight contender Martin Bakole has been ordered to face Agit Kabayel in a final eliminator for the IBF title, purse bids have been postponed until November 14 as both sides are looking to make a deal. But Bakole’s promoter, Ben Shalom, today told Sky…

Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) fights Gustavo Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) in a 10-round headliner contest on ESPN+ in Norfolk, Virginia. The fight attracted much attention on Thursday when Lemos, 28, weighed in at 141.4 lbs, coming in 6.4 lbs over the lightweight limit of…

Today marks the 10th anniversary of a fight that, upon going in, plenty of people had a genuine concern for one of the fighters involved. For years, the great Bernard Hopkins had managed to defy Father Time, the Philly ring general scoring hugely impressive wins…

Live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Jaron Ennis and Jessie Rodriguez co-headline a card streaming on DAZN. Ennis is in the main event in a rematch with Karen Chukhadzhian in his hometown, so technically, he is rightfully at the top of the bill.…

IBO super-middleweight champion Osleys ‘El Tornado’ Iglesias (13-0, 12 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a fifth-round knockout of previously undefeated Ukrainian contender Petro Ivanov (18-1-2, 13 KOs) on Thursday night in the main event at the Casino de Montreal. (Credit: Vincent Ethier) In the fifth round,…

Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) successfully made weight at 134.2 lbs, but his opponent, Gustavo Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs), came in a whopping 6.4 lbs over the lightweight limit at 141.4 lb at Thursday’s weigh-in for their scheduled ten-round headliner this Friday, November 8th at…